A Bold New Day at Ford?
6 September 2006
I've spent the last couple days trying to digest the pros and cons of Ford naming Boeing's Alan Mulally to replace Bill Ford as CEO and have c…
Tales of Passion and Conviction
2 September 2006
Today while doing some mindless Googling I learned about the passing of one of my college roommates. Having lost contact with him twenty years ago, i…
Time to Strap on the Sneakers Again
1 September 2006
Ahh... to be a world tourist. Globetrotting from country to country in search of lower direct labor costs to help offset unrecognized internal proces…
Endless Delusions of a Difference
30 August 2006
For years I've been reading the Algorithmics Anonymous forum, eagerly anticipating the discovery of a new form of lean that applies only to "…
Bring on the Lean Junk Mail "Innovation"
28 August 2006
My color inkjet printer does about four or five photo quality sheets a minute. Not too shabby, although it occasionally tries my patience. Imagine a…
NAM, meet Greenpeace
27 August 2006
I always wanted to find a way to use NAM and Greenpeace in the same title. NAM goes to great lengths to portray Greenpeace as one of the roots of all…
Valuing Silence
18 August 2006
It’s been a rough few days. I just got back from a trip to the Midwest and you have no idea how glad I am to be back home. A nice quiet home where the…
Draining Think Tanks in Traverse City
15 August 2006
A couple days ago I arrived in Traverse City, Michigan... right after the conclusion of the 2006 Traverse City Auto Conference. Organized by the Cent…